Easy questions from a python beginner

[Terry Reedy]

On 7/23/2010 4:10 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> Using exec or friends to avoid the overhead of function calls is like
> pushing your car to work to avoid the overhead of having to get in and
> out of the car.

And, of course, exec *is* a function call (explicitly in 3.x, but 
somewhere also in the innards of 2.x).

Thanks for the laugh of the day.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy